>> "Is this simply an extension of LPAR technology, or is >> it z/VM like hipervisor in the firmware? Is there >> anything new here for z/Series? Again, z/OS is >> mentioned, z/VM is not."
> The "virtualization" is not the kind we're used in > VMWARE or z/VM or LPARs where a platform runs many > copies of the different OS's. > What this appears to be is a "virtual" layer between > the OS/hardware and the application. The applications > develop to the "virtualization layer" specs and > hardware/OS vendor writes the hardware/OS specific > implementation. Workplace OS? http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/hotos/scribes/notes/implement-1-discussion.html -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390